Holding device



Jim M 1936. c, A. BRINKMAN HOLDING DEVI CE Filed March 5, 1954 INVENTOR. 1",, z a.

I ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 14, 1936 PATENT OFFICE HOLDING DEVICE Carl A. Brinkman,

Euclid, Ohio, assignor to Seaver-Brinkman-Gerstenbcrger, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application March 3, 1934, Serial No. 713,953

3 Claims.

This invention relates to holding devices and more particularly to devices which may be used to hold coins or similar objects.

An object of the invention is to provide an im- 5 proved coin holding device which will serve, in addition to the holding of a coin, the functions of a coupon.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved holding device which will be neat 10 and attractive in appearance.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved holding device which will be economical to manufacture.

Another object is to provide an improved hold- 15 ing device in which a coin may be readily inserted and from which it may be readily removed.

Another object is to provide an improved holding device which will simplify and expedite the handling of both the device and the coin.

Other objects will hereinafter appear.

The invention will be better understood from the description of one practical embodiment thereof, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which;

Figure l is a side elevational view of one form of holding device embodying the invention;

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional View taken on the line 11-11 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an elevational view of the other side of the holding device of Figure 1; and

Figure 4 is an elevational view similar to Figure 1, showing a coin inserted within the device.

The device itself is cut from a sheet of cardboard or other somewhat flexible material I and 35 is shown as of disc-like shape having a hole 2,

concentric with its exterior, at its center.

The hole is of slightly smaller diameter than is the coin which is intended shall be inserted therein, and the thickness of the sheet material 40 is slightly greater than the thickness of the coin.

The difference in diameter of the hole and coin varies slightly with diliering materials, but probably with the use of cardboard or the like for the holder, the hole should be approximately 45 ten thousandths of an inch less in diameter than the coin. This not only allows for variation in the size of coins, due to wear, but causes the material of a holder around the periphery of the hole to be compressed, as indicated at 3, and to 50 thus press upon and. frictionally grip and retain the coin within the hole.

While the exterior 4 of the holder is shown as circular and concentric to the hole, it will be apparent that this may be modified in any desired 55 manner, provided only that sufficient material surrounds the hole to prevent tearing of the material, or buckling of the same in use.

The holder may be provided with any desired inscription, such as those shown at 5 and 6, which will indicate the manner of its use or serve to carry advertising and the like.

The flat surfaces of the holder may serve not only for advertising purposes, but may be provided with suitable inscriptions by which the merchant or other issuer of the holder may identify the holders which he has himself issued, and distinguish them from similar holders issued by others.

The manner of the use of the holder is as follows:

Holders are distributed to customers or potential customers of the issuer as are the common forms of coupons now in use.

Advertising may be carried upon the face of the holder, stating that a certain number of these, each accompanied by a coin of a certain denomination may be used to purchase commodities, or in any desired or like manner, or such information may be given by some means other than the holder itself.

When a purchaser desires to redeem the holders, he inserts a coin in the central hole of each, goes to the place of business of the issuer, and uses the holders with their accompanying coins to purchase the commodities for which they were issued.

He has, to insert a coin, merely to place it over a hole, and press it inwardly, compressing the materia1 about the hole by the wedging action of the coin itself. The coin will be firmly retained in place.

When he uses these filled holders to pay for the commodities purchased, the holders with their accompanying coins can be handled just as would coins alone, rendering it easy for the merchant to count both the holders and the coins with one operation, and to deposit them in the cash register or like repository. At the end of the day the merchant has only to press the coins out of the holders and the holders may be again distributed and re-used many times before being worn out.

While I have described the illustrated embodiment of my invention in some particularity, obviously many variations and modifications thereof will readily occur to those skilled in the art to which it appertains, and I do not therefore limit myself to the precise details shown and described, but claim as my invention all embodiments, variations, and modifications coming within the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claim:

1. An advertising coupon having a redeemable value by virtue of being accompanied with a coin held thereby, the coupon comprising an apertured sheet of flexible material having an aperture therein so proportioned and dimensioned that a coin may be manually forced into said aperture and will be firmly frictionally retained therein, said coupon bearing an inscription indicative of the nature of its method of redemption.

2. An advertising coupon having a redeemable value by virtue of being accompanied with a coin held thereby, the coupon consisting of an apertured sheet of paper, having an aperture therein so proportioned and dimensioned as to permit manual insertion and removal of a coin, and having suflicient resiliency and rigidity to firmly hold the coin and be handled therewith as a unit, and bearing an inscription indicative of the nature of its method of redemption- 3. An advertising coupon having a redeemable value by virtue of being accompanied with a coin held thereby, the coupon consisting of an apertured disc of paper, having a circular aperture therein so proportioned and dimensioned as to retain a coin of given denomination, the coupon having sufiicient resiliency and rigidity to firmly hold the coin and be handled therewith as a unit, being thicker than the coin to be held, and bearing an inscription indicative of the nature of its method of redemption.

CARL A. BRINKMAN. 

